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Welcome!
Festival by the Marsh is an integrated arts festival featuring high quality theatre and music performances, fine arts displays and demonstrations, other forms of artistic expression, and educational programmes for young people. The flagship event of the 2010 festival will be a two-week run of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Enjoy!

- Ron Kelly Spurles, Artistic Producer

Locations
Unless otherwise noted, events will take place in the Festival Tent in Bandstand Park on Main St. in Sackville, and are “pay what you can”.

Ticket Information
Tickets for all paying events are available at Tidewater Books and at the door. Tickets for the Elizabeth Shepard concert are also available at Joey’s Restaurant and Bar, and tickets for Lurrie Bell are also available at Ducky’s.

Monday, July 5
Highschool-aged Musical Theatre Programme this week.

Friday, July 9
7:30p.m. High School Musical Theatre Workshop presents abridged You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown at Sackville United Church.

9p.m. Marsh MusicFest (see Ticket Details) Tantramar Blues Society presents The Lurrie Bell Band (Chicago) George’s Roadhouse $15

Monday, July 12
This week - SummerQuest Musical Theatre Programme ages 5 to 12 in collaboration with the Town of Sackville.

Wednesday, July 14
Fine Arts Opening Gallery Hop
6p.m. Owens Gallery – Distinguished Artists Talk with Kitty Mykka and Lance Belanger. Opening remarks by dignitaries.

6:45p.m. Fog Forest Gallery

7p.m. Struts Gallery

7:30p.m. Rob Lyon Graphics new location “first look” at 8 Weldon St.

8:15p.m. Outdoor concert by roots musician Brian Gladstone at Cranewood with refreshments. PWYC

Thursday, July 15
6:30p.m. Marsh MusicFest Town of Sackville presents Jim Blewett Trio (Swing Music) in the Park. Free!

8p.m. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare OPENING NIGHT (presented by Tantramar Pharmacy)

10p.m. Opening Night reception with refreshments. Sponsored by Pickles Deli

10:30p.m. Iambic Pentameter presents The Improv Show

Friday, July 16
KIDSFEST Day 1
2:30p.m. High School Musical Theatre Workshop and Cumberland Toyota present You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (abridged)

3:45p.m. SummerQuest Theatre performance (children aged 5–12)

4:30p.m. Sackville Library Puppet Show

5:00p.m. Free BBQ, Fresia And The Offspring concert, and other activities (Bob the Builder too!)

5:45p.m. Paperbag Princess play

7p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

Saturday, July 17
KIDSFEST Day 2
10a.m. Clownimators present UBU play.

11a.m. to 1p.m. Owens Art Gallery presents free Sketch-o-Rama Workshop.

12 noon-2pm Medieval fun presented by the Crew of the Roisin Dubh and friends. Demonstrations of Fencing and Heavy Fighting and Medievally inspired arts; calligraphy, costuming, heraldry and more! Look for us by the Swan Pond.

12 noon Lunchtime Theatre
Paperbag Princess

1p.m. Scotty and the Stars concert

2p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

5:30p.m. High School Musical Theatre Workshop presents abridged You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

7p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

9p.m. Marsh MusicFest (see Ticket Details) Catbird presents Elizabeth Shepherd at Joey’s Restaurant and Bar. $20

Sunday, July 18
2p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

Wednesday, July 21
6:30p.m. Hubcity Theatre Company presents scenes from their summer 2010 production of Romeo and Juliet.

7p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

10p.m. Marsh MusicFest presents Andy & Ariana (t@b) concert PWYC

Thursday, July 22
6:30p.m. Marsh MusicFest Town of Sackville presents free concert in the Park with Ray Legere including special celebration for visiting IWAAF athletes with refreshments

8p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

Friday, July 23
6:30p.m. Hubcity Theatre Company
presents scenes from their summer 2010 production of Romeo And Juliet.

7p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

9p.m. Marsh MusicFest (see Ticket Details) presents Don Ross concert at Joey’s Restaurant and Bar. $20

Saturday, July 24
WritersFest & Celebrating Sackville Day
Unless otherwise noted, WritersFest Day events will be held at Boultenhouse Heritage Centre

9a.m. Breakfast with local young writers reading and Kate Inglis reading from her work. Also workshops for young writers. At Cranewood. Workshops are FREE.

10:30a.m. An Apostle for the Arts – Oscar Wilde in Canada reading by Dr. Kevin O’Brien and play The Importance of the House Beautiful – Oscar Wilde in Moncton.

11:45a.m. Writer’s Workshop with Beth Powning
Workshops are FREE.

1p.m. Dr. Charlie Scobie reads

2p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

4:30p.m. Dining with Writers At Cranewood featuring Writers Day authors. $12 See Ticket Details.

6p.m. Beth Powning reads. Also Celebrating Sackville.

7p.m. Lisa Moore reads.

8p.m. Much Ado About Nothing

10:00p.m. Closing reception with live music by Landon Braverman and reading by Poet-in-Residence Kenzie Reid, at Joey’s Bar.

Sunday, July 25
2p.m. Much Ado About Nothing
Final performance, Festival closes

7p.m. Sackville musician Fred Squire will be playing in concert presenting “pre-1950s music”, which will be followed by an outdoor screening of the movie “Oklahoma” – with a surrey in attendance! Some critiques claim that “Squire’s voice and subtle, distorted guitar should have pushed him to the top of the Can-Indie rock list by now.” In his most recent record, featuring tracks such as “What’s That Over There, a Dead Rainbow?,” “We Are All The Middle Child,” and the acoustic and piano ballad “You Sing High, We Will Sing Low,” Fred “walks [the listener] down moments of his life, never letting the pace or volume distract...from his words.”

Adapted into a musical film in 1955, the film “Oklahoma” was originally based on a 1943 musical play and was the first musical directed by the renowned Fred Zinnemann. “Oklahoma,” an instant classic, won two Academy Awards, including Best Music and Best Sound, and was nominated for two others, namely, for best cinematography and best film editing. In 2007, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the US National Film Registry as a culturally and historically significant work.

Monday, July 26
Much Ado About Nothing 7:30p.m. at Market Square, St. Andrews, NB.
In collaboration with the St. Andrews Arts Council.